Yesterday morning we spent two hours at our Doctors office. I had the sugar test done along with my OB appointment. Plus both the Girls were being seen. Hannah for her 15 month check up and KalieAnn because she hadn't been feeling well. Everyone but KalieAnn is Healthy lol!
Alayna is growing right on cue! She's head down already but nor far enough down to pose a concern. Her heart beat is still at 150. I also got permisson to travel till the 1st of August! So its looking we'll be taking a vacation but that is still all up in the planning stages.
Hannah is growing REALLY well as usual!!! We found out she is only 4 1/2 inches shorter than KalieAnn! No KalieAnn is not short lol..she is average...Hannah is just that tall!!! Sheis in the 96% for Height and 80th% for weight. She weighs 24.6 lbs and wearing 2T/3T clothes!
KalieAnn is fine except for some sores on her throat and fluid in her ear. She'd been running a fever, emotional(I know takes after her mommy!), and she wouldn't eat or drink much. Her fever finally broke yesterday. Soi think she's is slowly getting better...but it depends on the time of day. Makes it really hard for us to tell whether she is faking it for attention or she really isn't feeling that well. So we'll see how she goes today...if she doesn't improve much the Dr. gave us a perscription for her.
The only thing left to update is that I turned 25 last Thursday and Mitchell turned 27 Today!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hunny!!! Love ya!!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Potty Training
Hannah has somehow gotten the idea that she wants to start Potty Training. Amused thinking...yeah okay..she's too young for this but okay if she wants to try I'm game. Well Hannah would sit on her Potty every time either KalieAnn or I went to the bathroom. However she didn't go in her potty. She'd pee as she's playing. I'd explain to her that's Pee Pee and it needs to go in the Potty. Now I am not really known for my patience on certain things and needless to say my patience went fast with this. Like I tell Mitchell...I think she just wants to be like her Sister and Mommy and isn't quite at the age of understanding it yet. I ask Hannah if she wants to wear a diaper because I was tired of constantly of having to watch her and once again clean up a little ones Pee. Her Response "Nooo!!!!!" or "Ugh!(while pushing the diaper away)." First thought that came to mind "Fine!" Then next thought "Why am I always the mother that would rather her kids be in a diaper than Potty Train and yet wind up with the Kids that WANT to Potty Train early?" So two reasoning's came to mind.
One...I think because both times I've found myself in the Potty Training Stages I've been Pregnant. KalieAnn was finished being Potty trained by the time Hannah was born. Why such a big deal that it happens while your Prego? One I'm VERY emotional and Hormonal when I am pregnant and Two I was/am spending so much time in the bathroom. So when I potty train these two I REALLY feel like I live in the bathroom.
Two...I remember while growing up that my little brother whom is 10 yrs younger than me didn't Potty Train until he was four...and even then it took a little girl to get him to want to. So knowing that I didn't expect any of my kids to Potty Train early...I assumed that was normal...which from what I hear is for boys. So much to my surprise that KalieAnn wanted to start at 20 months old!! And Hannah will be 16 months on the 2nd!!
Now tonight I was getting the girls into the shower with me before bed. Before Hannah got in the shower she ran to her Potty...curious I just watched. she stood in front of it Peed..reached down to play in it...looked up and Smiled at me.."Pee Pee." I was like "Yeah!!! In the Potty Please!!!" So Maybe I'm wrong...maybe she is ready for this...we'll see!! My Grandma told me that out of all seven of her kids only two weren't Potty Trained by the time they were 18 months. My response! "Wow!" That SO unheard of these days!!! Well That's all that's really been new here! Tomorrow Morning is a doctors appointment for the girls and I.
One...I think because both times I've found myself in the Potty Training Stages I've been Pregnant. KalieAnn was finished being Potty trained by the time Hannah was born. Why such a big deal that it happens while your Prego? One I'm VERY emotional and Hormonal when I am pregnant and Two I was/am spending so much time in the bathroom. So when I potty train these two I REALLY feel like I live in the bathroom.
Two...I remember while growing up that my little brother whom is 10 yrs younger than me didn't Potty Train until he was four...and even then it took a little girl to get him to want to. So knowing that I didn't expect any of my kids to Potty Train early...I assumed that was normal...which from what I hear is for boys. So much to my surprise that KalieAnn wanted to start at 20 months old!! And Hannah will be 16 months on the 2nd!!
Now tonight I was getting the girls into the shower with me before bed. Before Hannah got in the shower she ran to her Potty...curious I just watched. she stood in front of it Peed..reached down to play in it...looked up and Smiled at me.."Pee Pee." I was like "Yeah!!! In the Potty Please!!!" So Maybe I'm wrong...maybe she is ready for this...we'll see!! My Grandma told me that out of all seven of her kids only two weren't Potty Trained by the time they were 18 months. My response! "Wow!" That SO unheard of these days!!! Well That's all that's really been new here! Tomorrow Morning is a doctors appointment for the girls and I.
No She is not Pooping!!! The Flash was just that bright!!! She has yet to actually Pee in her Potty!! She prefers to play in it while she's Peeing! Yup That's my Hannah for you!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Sippy Cups
Since Hannah was a year old we have been trying to get Hannah away from her bottles. Now weaning an infant off bottles was new to me. KalieAnn was nursed till she was 14 months old. So her juice she got straight from a sippy cup at a young age. Then weaning off me she went straight to whole milk in a cup too. Hannah stopped nursing at 6 months because my body just couldn't make enough. Now that I look back I think Hannah was and is a little piggy. I probably did make the same amount that I did for KalieAnn but wasn't enough for her. When I took her off nursing she drank 16 ounces of formula in one feeding!!!! Anyway the point is this is our first experience having to wean our cute little stinker off a bottle. I think we've had more pressure from WIC(Women, Infant, and Children) to wean her off than anyone else.
Here's a cute picture of our KalieAnn...our oldest stinker...I love their beautiful blue eyes!!!
Here's our other blue eyed stinker that we've been trying to wean off the bottles. Now for the past four months we were able to get her to drink juice out of the straw sippy cups but wouldn't budge on her milk. I called a friend that used to be a neighbor across the way from us in Okinawa, Japan that I knew had to wean her kid of bottles. She told me try to Sippy Cups at Walmart that have the soft tops like a bottle. The one you see in the picture above. Until last week she wouldn't budge on her milk! It had to be in a bottle! Well lets just say I didn't do a very good job of keeping track of where all her bottles went. So when I found them all dirty and in the dishwasher I realized I didn't have a clean bottle to put her to bed with...just sighed...realizing this might be a long night...grabbed that sippy cup..and told myself this will have to do for tonight...at least until the dishwasher was clean. I had to fight her a couple times about it but I finally told her "Look! All your bottles are icky!! This will have to do tonight!!! This is all Mommy's got!" I laid her down and handed it to her. To my surprise she took it and that was that. The next night came around and I asked Mitchell "She took it for her nap no problem...wanna try again?" He said sure. She took it no problem. So I don't want to jinx myself but I think my little girl is finally weaned off bottles!!! Now she is starting to fight going to bed...conquer one thing and a new one always comes up lol!! Gotta Love it!!!
Here's a cute picture of our KalieAnn...our oldest stinker...I love their beautiful blue eyes!!!Here's our other blue eyed stinker that we've been trying to wean off the bottles. Now for the past four months we were able to get her to drink juice out of the straw sippy cups but wouldn't budge on her milk. I called a friend that used to be a neighbor across the way from us in Okinawa, Japan that I knew had to wean her kid of bottles. She told me try to Sippy Cups at Walmart that have the soft tops like a bottle. The one you see in the picture above. Until last week she wouldn't budge on her milk! It had to be in a bottle! Well lets just say I didn't do a very good job of keeping track of where all her bottles went. So when I found them all dirty and in the dishwasher I realized I didn't have a clean bottle to put her to bed with...just sighed...realizing this might be a long night...grabbed that sippy cup..and told myself this will have to do for tonight...at least until the dishwasher was clean. I had to fight her a couple times about it but I finally told her "Look! All your bottles are icky!! This will have to do tonight!!! This is all Mommy's got!" I laid her down and handed it to her. To my surprise she took it and that was that. The next night came around and I asked Mitchell "She took it for her nap no problem...wanna try again?" He said sure. She took it no problem. So I don't want to jinx myself but I think my little girl is finally weaned off bottles!!! Now she is starting to fight going to bed...conquer one thing and a new one always comes up lol!! Gotta Love it!!!Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Work In Progress!
Now here is the beginning of these Updates!!! Getting ready for Alayna to arrive!!! Its taking me sometime with her to finally get in the mood to pull everything out! With KalieAnn things were getting put away and in place the moment we got them in the mail. Things started getting put together like her bassinet and crib the moment we found out she was a girl. When I found out with Hannah that she was another girl I was ecstatic!!! I went and pulled all of the baby clothes out that afternoon!!! Granted we didn't get her crib until the month before she was born but oh well..clothes wise we were ready for her right away.With Alayna I was happy when we found she was a girl...a little disappointed for Mitchell if you want the whole truth..I really feel like he deserves a son. However at the moment God obviously feels otherwise. As a family Friend said it well...God obviously feels "he was meant to be around Women." Why its taken me till my friend came out last week to finally pull out Alayna's clothes...I dunno...maybe because its taken me that long to get excited about her and when that time came around we were so busy doing other things that getting her stuff pulled out kinda got pushed back on our priority list.
The other thing that made it hard to get the room read was the girls were staying in that room. Last weekend Mitchell took the twin bed that was sitting in that room by the window downstairs in the girls room. During the last week and a half Hannah has decided that she no longer wants to sleep in her toddler bed but the twin size. We'd tell her it was time to go nigh nigh's and she would run to her twin bed! Our original plan was to get a new crib because I didn't want to rush Hannah out of her toddler bed. So when we went to do our furniture shopping we got the dresser that was on sale because we were under the impression we were going to have to buy a new crib. Might as well just match the crib to the dresser. So now we're debating on whether or not we should buy a new crib. We are also going to buy a new glider because Mitchell leaned to far back on it...as if it was a rocking chair and snapped the back support off. So now if you lean if a little to much on the back you run the risk of falling backgrounds. But the crib thing is all up in the air at the moment!! Do you think we should get a new crib? Or do you think its okay her furniture won't match lol? Anyway...here are some pics of the room at the moment...
There's the Crib in question. You wouldn't believe all the toys that I had to pick up off this floor lol. These kids have too many toys!! The two toy boxes Mitchell made...remember those? Yeah they are OVER filled!
Here's the other half of the room. The twin bed was along the wall where that window was....ended up moving it along the wall next to the dresser...Hannah would tear apart the blinds...Another thing we need to fix before the baby's born. Along with putting up curtains.
Now as I show her clothes keep in mind these only go up to her 3/6 Month clothes. So here are her outfits that I have gotten hung up.
Her top drawer is filled with her spanky pants, socks, hats, and Bibs.
The other thing that made it hard to get the room read was the girls were staying in that room. Last weekend Mitchell took the twin bed that was sitting in that room by the window downstairs in the girls room. During the last week and a half Hannah has decided that she no longer wants to sleep in her toddler bed but the twin size. We'd tell her it was time to go nigh nigh's and she would run to her twin bed! Our original plan was to get a new crib because I didn't want to rush Hannah out of her toddler bed. So when we went to do our furniture shopping we got the dresser that was on sale because we were under the impression we were going to have to buy a new crib. Might as well just match the crib to the dresser. So now we're debating on whether or not we should buy a new crib. We are also going to buy a new glider because Mitchell leaned to far back on it...as if it was a rocking chair and snapped the back support off. So now if you lean if a little to much on the back you run the risk of falling backgrounds. But the crib thing is all up in the air at the moment!! Do you think we should get a new crib? Or do you think its okay her furniture won't match lol? Anyway...here are some pics of the room at the moment...
There's the Crib in question. You wouldn't believe all the toys that I had to pick up off this floor lol. These kids have too many toys!! The two toy boxes Mitchell made...remember those? Yeah they are OVER filled!
Here's the other half of the room. The twin bed was along the wall where that window was....ended up moving it along the wall next to the dresser...Hannah would tear apart the blinds...Another thing we need to fix before the baby's born. Along with putting up curtains.
Now as I show her clothes keep in mind these only go up to her 3/6 Month clothes. So here are her outfits that I have gotten hung up. Her top drawer is filled with her spanky pants, socks, hats, and Bibs. No here are her pants, shorts and skorts!
Last but not least her Pajamas!!!
Now here is the pile of her clothes that go up to 9 months! Half of this pile is in the washing machine waiting to go into the Dryer....that right there should give you an idea of how big this pile really is!Its going to take me at least two big loads to wash these! So when I say she doesn't need anymore clothes!!! At the moment I mean it!!! We'll see how fast she grows out of them and what season she is in for them. So this includes my update on the baby's room.! Well I best get to organizing more of these clothes. Now that the Tupperware container from these are empty it leaves a place for all the clothes that are current girls are growing out of!
Last but not least her Pajamas!!!Now here is the pile of her clothes that go up to 9 months! Half of this pile is in the washing machine waiting to go into the Dryer....that right there should give you an idea of how big this pile really is!Its going to take me at least two big loads to wash these! So when I say she doesn't need anymore clothes!!! At the moment I mean it!!! We'll see how fast she grows out of them and what season she is in for them. So this includes my update on the baby's room.! Well I best get to organizing more of these clothes. Now that the Tupperware container from these are empty it leaves a place for all the clothes that are current girls are growing out of!2nd trip to Duluth
Our 2ND trip to Duluth was an enormous amount of fun! It was busy and exhausting but A LOT of fun! Sorry Its taking me so long to post this but its been busy here in our household! We did a lot this weekend and hope to be able to go back up sometime this summer. We dropped Dodger off at what we call his little vacation spot up there. Then we hung out with our friends the Scobee's and got some thing we'd need for the boat. If I remember right that night we went out on Fish Lake up there in Duluth with them. Mitchell caught a Walleye and was VERY Happy! The next day we walked the Aquarium, the Zoo, and then went out on Lake Superior with the Scobee's. Mitchell took us under the Aerial Bridge. Sunday we walked Patterson State Park in Superior WI, then Gooseberry Falls in MN and by that point I was so exhausted we were literally done for the day!
This is a picture of us at the Patterson State Park in Superior, WI. The Water Fall in the background is the Big Monitou. Its suppose to Be the biggest waterfall in Wisconsin.
Here's a picture of our cuties at Gooseberry Falls! Its the best shot we have been able to get of them together in a LONG time!
This is a picture of us at the Patterson State Park in Superior, WI. The Water Fall in the background is the Big Monitou. Its suppose to Be the biggest waterfall in Wisconsin.
Here's a picture of our cuties at Gooseberry Falls! Its the best shot we have been able to get of them together in a LONG time!
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